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By: London Beauty Salon

London Beauty Salon — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:03:28 +0000

At our London Beauty Salon we implemented the following;
1) For every day an employee used public transport they got an extra 12 minutes holiday, that totalled 1 hr a week – doesn’t sound much but added up to an extra 48 hours or over 1 weeks worth of holiday and encourages less car use.
2) We started to use Enjo cleaning equipment – no chemicals and eco friendly all round. (http://enjoblog.blogspot.com/ – our rep’s blog)
3) Went LED lights and low volatge lighting where possible
4) Let hair dry naturally for 30-50 minutes whilst applying other treatments to clients (we’re a London Beauty Salon) then when we go to dry hair it’s already a little drier – saves quite a lot on the drying time obv we can’t do it for every style of hair, but every little helps.
5) Only launder full loads.
6) Turn AC down by 1 degree
7) Lower the cut-out limiter on our Sauna by 5 degrees (no one even noticed!)
More mirrors on certain walls reflects light into our lounging area and we cut the lights on bright days.

Not a huge amount but our building is restricted on what we can/can;t do so we have to make savings as/when we can.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 29 May 2010 14:22:08 +0000

Having seen the way most large corporates operate, it would ruin someones hard earned budget to incorporate methods to save money like this. Hopefully some compliance teams will see sence and read this article.

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 09:13:28 +0000

These kind of tips should be shared with the larger businesses out there!

Not only would they cut their costs back and make massive savings, but the benefits experienced by the environment would be astronomical!

By: Mike Vinogradov

Mike Vinogradov — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 08:58:27 +0000

What a wonderful post!

The tips are useful not only for ecology but also for the budget! Several weeks ago, I wrote about 7 tips for small business to save money in the very beginning… The article is in english, but I can translate it for Your blog, if you want.

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Online Guitar Tuition — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:07:08 +0000

Ive been trying to tell my university lecturers to go paperless and force us to stop writing all these notes, but no…they don’t care about the environment!

By: mallory

mallory — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:40:00 +0000

I’ve got a great + super simple tip. The next time you’re purchasing a gift card– go for the electronic (and paperless) option, an eGift card. Each year, 75 millions lbs of PVC is dumped into landfills from plastic gift card waste (Plenty Magazine). That’s an astronomical amount of waste for something that can easily and conveniently be sent virtually. PVC is notoriously difficult to recycle and cannot be tossed into the recycling bin along side your other household items. You must send those pesky plastic cards to a PVC recycling plant, the only one I know of is EarthWorks. For a directory of retailers that offer an eGift card, try http://www.giftzip.com …it is the most extensive one I have found to date. Hope that helped.